About

Christopher Harris

b. 1971, Porthcawl, South Wales

Harris’s work explores pattern and abstraction. Recent drawings and paintings have been inspired by geometric patterns found in quilted textiles.

Harris’s work often starts with digital drawing and developing geometric patterns by repeating and altering simple geometric shapes and grids. These drawings are used as the basis for paintings, paper cuts, prints and fabric manipulation.

He is currently developing work for a show at the Atkinson Gallery, Southport, in September 2023. The work explores geometric pattern and fabric manipulation inspired by quilts, and will be shown in conjunction with a collection of quilts from the Gawthorpe Hall textile collection.

Harris trained at Middlesex University (1992-1995), the Royal College of Art (1995-1997) and the University of Leeds (2007-2012), and is currently employed by Leeds Beckett University within the Leeds School of Arts as a Course Director. He lives and works in Leeds, England.